Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
harm NOTES.

A free sprinLling of finely sifted wood
ashes on turnips will assist in prevent
ing the attacks of the fly, and will also
serve as an excellent fertilizer.
Ripe cantaloupes will easily become
detached from the vines, while green
ones must be pulled off. They can not
always be known to be ripe by the ap-
pearance.
There is no way to prevent toads gett-
ing into the well except to cement over
the earth around the well for a circum-
ference of 6 feet, and the cover or top
of the well should be close and tight. =
The pillow will do better service killing
weeds, if they be of heavy growth, than
, will the cultivatOr. If the weeds be turn
ed under they will afford excellent green
manure, especially if they be very thick.
Good clover hay is always considered
as equal to any other. 1t is the standard
by which all other grasses are compared
and no land is considered fully supplied
for the winter that has not had q crop of
clover grown upon it.
strong argument against dishorning
Is that cattle, deprived of their natural
weapons of defense, would be at the
mercy of dogs even as sheep are at pre-
sent. 1t is easy to answer, Destroy the
dogs" but not SO easy to destroy them.
1t has been observed that potatoes
which are most subject to rot grow near
the surface, while those like the White
Star, Burbank and st. Patrick, which are
less so, grow deeper in the soil. 1t fol-
lows that killing up potatoes is something
of protection against rot.
Tomato vines endure quite an amount
of cutting and trimming, and often renew
themselves when nearly dead. If the
branches be too thick it will be of advRnt-
age to cut some of them out from a few
vines where limited amount of early
fruit shall be desired.
Sheep manure contains from 80 to %
per cent. of the plant food contained in
the ratiOns consumed by the sheep. 1t is
therefore very rich fertilizer, as ex-
perience has shown. 1t is especially
rich in nitrogen in an available form,
ana for that reason is excellent for use as
starter in the hill for corn and pota-
toes.
hungarian grass proper has black seed
mainly. The millets have yellow seed.
Hungarian grass has less head and more
stalk and leaf, and is less liable to rust,
and hence is better hay crop and not so
good grain or seed crop. In selecting
seed for hay crop buy of reliable
scotsman, and take that which has the
largest possible proportion of black seed.
The deeper the preparation OF the soil
the deeper will the roots penetrate, thus
advancing closer to moisture, as well as
permitting of the growth of a large pro-
al /.
If the soil be shallow and the subsoil
hard, the roots will spread nearer the
surface, thus rendering them not only
more liable to being winter killed, but
also to damage from drouth.
Mr.. Ezra Whitman probably the oldest
agricultural editor i'll the United States
died recently at Baltimore, Nd. For many
years he had charge of the Maryland
Farmer. Mr.. Whitman was born at
Bridgowater, Mass, in June, 1872. Much
of his early life was spent in Winthrop,
Maine. The family was an inventive
one, several of its members being origi-
majors of valuable agricultural machines.
The Whitman Bros now proprletors of
the Whitman Agricultural works at st.
Louis, are from the same stock.
Minnesota state fair managers an.
nounce the following partial programme:
Tuesday, September ID, Working Mans
Day; Wednesday, Minnesota Farmers
Day. Hon. Ignatius Donnelly will deliver
an address and there will be running
race for a $500 prize and a solid silver
cup donated by the state. Thursday is to
be st. Paul day, and a running race for
$500 prize and the ST. Paul silver cup
will be one of the attractions. Friday
will be devoted to Minneapolis, and an
other running race will be given for $500
and the Minneapolis cup. The G. A. R.
sham battle will come off on Saturday.
superintendent Bushnell has announced
that Wednesday Will be machinery day
and devoted to the trial of farm machin-
cry and apparatus. Arrangements are
being made for prize drills of the crack
military companies of the state, and
handsome plizes will be awarded. The
list is being prepared and will be an.
nounced later.